CANBERRA, ACT, May 13 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: swearing in of new Albanese government ministry, Labor's economic agenda
BridgetBrennan:
Hello Treasurer and welcome back to News Breakfast.
JimChalmers:
Thanks very much, Bridget.
Brennan:
Tell us about your biggest challenge as you enter a second term as Treasurer.
Chalmers:
I'm very grateful to the Prime Minister for asking me to serve again as Australia's Treasurer and my immediate focus is all of this global economic uncertainty but also over the medium term and longer term trying to make our economy more productive as well.
We've got a lot of work to do. Australians have made a lot of progress together in our economy over the...